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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05

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COPARINERs

We have associated Alr. Robert
5omeryille with ua IL onr Real Estate
Agency business.
octl5 FERGUSON & FIs1Ay.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05

The river was never so low #iFhh
the memory Of the Oldest observer oi
lis stages as il is now.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05
stale Lime. fhangsl b Rivers.

An interesting suit has bean filed in
the SuDrcme Caur. 81 the Cniied States
in which the state 9f Indiana i plain
tiif aud fhe stala Of kcBtacky delend-
amt. Th action Is brought To deteln-
inc the state ownership Of au island IN
the Ohio. st the mouth Of 6feh river.
Tho island IS nearest tile Kentucky
shore. but IS separated from i By deep
water. while the river on the Indiana
side Is shallow. and 1T low wafer there
is dry land communication between
the island and lhe main land This
state Of things was caused by the shift
ing Of the main current of the river
some twenty years ago, but the island
from the beginning has been claimed
and held under Che jurisdiction OF
Kentucky.
The adjudication Of this case Will
probably afford basis Of settlement
for the numerous cases which grow
out OF the frequent and extensive shift
inc Of the channels of the Missouri and
Mississlppiriycrs. by which vast bodies
Of land arr practically transferred from
the territory Of one state TO that Of an
other. while extensive tracts have been
converted into islands and entire town.
ships swent out of existence. ltWoald
be well for the court to lay down some
definite rules for determining general
ownership Of tracts of country whose
territorial relations are changed By the
inroads Of the rivers.-N. y. Pieay yune
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05

The picayunc Is right There Is
need of law afordlng a rule ofsettle-
ment Of eases even more awkwd TO
handle thau that cited. Tho Island
al Warheld's. SIS miles below Green
willie, is no longer an island. i isnow
a large batturo Of Che Mississippi shore,
several thousand acres IN extent Yet
Il i Arkansas fromwhich it tis divided
by the river Picketfs island, I iilteen
miles below, is body Of land Of sew
cral square miles area. II is also IN
! Arkansas, though ON this side Of the
river; and connected with The Mississ'
ippi shore al is upper end at all sea
sons except very high water.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05

II
$1,000 as assessed he pays little less
than 20 cents to each of these Colleges
say 40 cents for both--as calculated
for me by the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts, Forty cents on $1,000 worth
of property TO give to poor girls an III
dllstrial education, and to poor boys
mn opportunity Of being skilled and
nrogressive farmers!ll Terrible and
outrageous oppression--thisl !! But il,
as we ought to, estimate his assessed
property at double the amount, then
he would have over $4,000 on which 10
nav this insignificant tax of forty cents,
which | believe, is a little less than the
price of three drinks at salooh'
Couid not that man refrain from the
three drinks. which will be all the bet
for for him. anyway, and pay the small
lax. for SO noble and useful purpose !
And il he be teetotalar and does not
drink at all, then surely, having hlm-
self relieved from the expense, canhot
he afford to pay that little for so great
rood? There are hundreds OF white
men IN this State who pay from $40,
TO $500 each year to support common
schools, and who, from some cause OF
other are unable to patronize them
Especially is this the case in the Nazot
Delta. where the white population Is Sc
scant. that though there are schools, ye
, very few for white children. so yo'
! see. that the argument, that keeping VI
these Colleges, designed and carried o.
for the benefit of poor boys and glrl'
oppfesses the poor, when examined J
found to be utterly baseless. Wit
every sympathy of my nature for tn
misfortunes of the poor-with ever
act Of my public life, guided and direc'
ed by this sympathy feel that
oughi 10 denounce this unjust and u
fair argument. intended to cheat u
laboring, toiling masses OF MISSISSIPPI
out of fair opportunity of advanc
l mcnt and progress, as unworthy TO
j, made or entertained.
There is class ofmen--few indee
as believe, yet who have alwas existt
in free government-who, just befo
m election in which they seek /
\ office. worth more in a month than
" laboring man gets in a year. Decor
exceeding solicitious about the welia
Of the poor-the laborers, and exhi
) their ready made sympathy, not
devising honest, real measures Tor tn
advancement and welfare, but in prea'
|, ing discomfort and weeping, in publl
pretended sympathy for ills which tt
never feel. THESE men, sometimes,
e doubtless sincere. and believe what u
@' say. y.Fori is true thata man may haDl
An ally assert his beliefin shams and d'
lh sions, until they become to him r
now tics
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05
THE COLLEGES----SKETCRING 4 DEMA-
GOGUE.


From senator Georges last letter we
extract the following:
But it Is said that the poor are taxed
to support these Colleges, and they
cannot send their children to them.
Now if it is meant by q poor man, one
who owns nothing-has no property
then ] answer, he pays no taxes what
eYer-unless being under fifty and
over twenty-one years of age, he pays
a poIl-tax: and if he does, that poll-tax
can 90 to no other purpose than to
common schools. Besides, our exemp-
tious from taxation are so liberal, that
poor man may own. and frequently
does own about 81 600 worth of prop
ertg-which is not liable to taxation.
but we will suppose a case, not uneom-
mon, of a man assessed at $1,000 IN
property over and above that exempt
ed from taxation. and that he has the
average family of four children, whom
he sends to school four months In the
wear. How will the account stand them
lie will pay less taxes in all, state and
county. than the cost paid by the State
bv taxation, Of schooling his children
And if his property is assessed, as i
most usual. at about one-half offs true
value, he may be the owner of $4,000
worth Of property, besides $1,000 o
exempt property, and pay no NOR
than he receives in educating his chill
dren and therefore he pays nothini
to the support of the government
state or county, and none to the col
leges. Yet if he is a thifty person, h
can send his boys to the A. x Nj. Co
lege. and his girls to the Industrial II
stitute. SO YOU see how little there
| in taxing the poor to send the rich pee
ple's children to college
But we win take the case of ma
who has no children to educate, an oil
bachelor Cor instance, let us see ho
mnch he is oppressed for education
the A. q NJ. and in the Female Inst
tute. Let him be a resident of Ca
roll county, and assessed at $l,OO
The average assessment of lands
Carroll county, leaving out the tow
of Walden, Black Hawk and Carrollto
is $2.62 1-2 per acre; Of horses, 1t
S6311 per head; cattle, $3.50 per hea
such a man may own, in Carroll cou
tv. property of the average value
: two hundred and forty acres OF la
e assessed at, ,..........-.....''.. @So @oSo
Three horses. s............s..'.'. ico
. One wagon worth. h................ 4v
Il Head OF cattle, 20, worth...."... ia
In all S973
: leaving surplus of 1856 for otl
property. In addition, he may own
exempt from taxation
Household and kitchen furniture
y. 10 the amount Of. ............. SzoV
Wearing apparel for self and fa- 80
Or mily, say. .......t,.....' A''
All the family products-cotton, -,
corn, meat, oats and rye, say. oo'
H. Provisions for his family Tor a.,
year, say. 80. .......,.......' -, -,
One gun, worth, say y............ l,
Ten sheep orgoats. s....,..,,..... L
,n, lh, All colts under 3years ofage, say :
8, at S25 each. ................'. !.
? Two cows and calves. .
- All his farming utensils, say. 0
His books to whatever amount
he pleases a, >.
Total. ....' %i'""
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05

Nar Hunt arrived on SUNDAY night
from Missouri, bringing fine lot ot
horses anG mules.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01
BROKEN LEGS OF CATTLE
Experience of q Farmer Who Effected a
Cure in Those Cases.

Experience of a Farmer Who Effected a
Cure I'm Those Cases.
Some time ago noticed in your pa
per the account of the cure of COW
with broken leg, and of the doubts
of many, of the chances of cure.
Since have been on farm | have had
three cases of broken legs, and in each
case they were healed. The first was
a two-year-old heifer, found in a rocky
pasture by some bee-hunters, with her
right hind leg broken about midway
between the knee and hoof. She was
put into a dump-cart, drawn home,
put in a suitable place and had her leg
set. 1t soon healed, so that she walked
about and fed in the pasture, and it be-
came strong in short time.
The next was three-year old, broken
in nearly the same place, caused by
fighting, and being thrown over cart
tongue. The leg was badly splintered,
and | took out several pieces of bone
with nippers before it healed, but she
got strong after some time. She was
in milk and we MIXED her every day
and gave it to the pigs. Both of these
cases were in May.
The third was a two-year old. She
broke her fore leg almost up to her
body, by stepping through hole in
the floor where we were building a
new barn; this was in December. She
was put in a warm stable where she
could not turn, her leg put in place, an
old cast-off bootleg drawn on, with
holes cut to admit of bathing. Splin-
tiers of wood wound with cotton fan
mel were filled in as tight as convenient.
She was fed the same as the rest of the
cattle, except now and then selecting
choice lock of hay for her, and Occa--
sionally giving few oats, but not
many, fearing it might create fever.
She got her leg little out of place IN
a few days, but not enough to make it
advisable to alter it. We let it remain
so. She soon got up, and in short
time we allowed her to go to the trough
for exercise and drink, and before
spring she was put in the stanchions
with our other cattle and ran in the
pasture all summer. She is now on the
place and bids fair to make valuable
cow.-COT. COuntru Gentleman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01
a Marvellous Watch.

A watch having but one wheel is still
in existence in France, though manu-
featured in Paris more than hundred
years ago. This watch was presented
to the National Institute in 1890, being
then in deplorable state, but under
the skilful treatment of an expert, har-
mony between the various organs was
successfully re-established, so that it is
even now in going order. The great
wheel, which gives the watch its name,
occupies the bottom of the case and the
center of the plate; it has sixty teeth,
and is thirty-three nm. in diameter;
its axis carries two pinions, one of
which receives the motive force from a
barrel, and the other carries the min
ute work. The function of this great
wheel is quadruple: First, it acts on a
lift, then on a lever operating on an
other destined to lower the axis of the
watch, and lastly on third lever, the
latter serving to return power to the
great wheel at the moment when the
action relents by the rise of the axis. -
N. y Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01
UNCLE SIZES FOURTH.

lOrlglnal-l
mind back in Maine il We said man lied
He was for settin' right down an arguin' II
out,
Hes for knOckin We down an kcken' We
bout!
OF this snap ies drap
Was born in my Saraett's spirit no doubt.
bachelor was an wilder was she,
A wilder of uncommon peartness of pace.
With high-strung nose that was lovely to see,
An eyes that burnt Study Is stars in 'er face,
Though in time they'd jes shine
AS meller as moons when I'd pass by 'er
place.
Then, whether by chance or by plan I'll not say,
She presently rented the house next to me-
A cot AN big yard where her offsprings could
play,
Two twins full of war-whoops, chained-lightnin'
an glee:
That I'd ache for loves sake
Was a raw an exceedingly plain thing to see.
For honey an love are alike in one thing,
They grippe if conditions amt jes about square
Still we gether the roses an let the thorns
sting
In fac the more stingers the more we gel
there,
AS with me when see
She was sot round with thorns she seemed
doubly fair
dreamed Of her nights, an SIGH dreams as was
soft
kind of mixed haze, meller twilight an
hair,
An I'd waken plum crazy, settin' up oft
Jes huggin' myself like a loonafed bear,
An I'd thrill an git chill,
An nv best DantalOOns was all could wear
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01

would raise his arm and exclaim: eco
ing, going, going, gone who's the
bidder?n "Old Father Time,'' said /.
Hell get then all before long"
The door of an old friends residence
swung open to my gaze, and l walked
in. Various gentlemen were discuss
ing the foul invader over a jug of de-
parting spirits. Il believe I'll UNI
pack, !" said one; ''ding'd if I'm afraid
of blue-tailed fly. I'm going to sit
down and be easy" .In horn" said
l. just then sizzin, singing, crazy
shell sung short meter hymn right
over the house. Jake, has that dray
come?h he shouted, as he bounced to
his feet. "Confound that dray, blame
my skin if I'll ever get dray to move
these things. Boys let's take another
drink"
After the drink another hero re-
marked: Boys, lets stay and see it
out-durned if it don't look cowardly
to run" He poured another spirit
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Ikep bees, so Civ the wilder hive,
An presented the twins game chickens an
toys
An they burnt down my barn an dug up my
drive,
All for fun, understan', an KEEP SIGH a noise
Neighbors moved, as beloved;
Still courted the wilder an them air two
boys.
But politics split us at last like a wedge,
Like wedges, also, we was cold-save at heart,
Least was warm there an ready to hedge,
But it takes a smart doctor to heal SIGH a
smart
An we cooled an jcs fooled
Till at last we seemed splintered entirely
apart.
My doctrine was somewhat at fault expect,
For a0ds a bit coolish to ole Uncle Sam,
For things d not gone to my mind jes correct,
An sometimes, fac ofen, 1 couldn't keep
cam,
Then she'd rile and ies bile
An so with our tongues we'd thrash an ker-
lam.
Then she got 'er flag an raised it on high
An KEEP it aflyin' above her coalbin,
AS if to betoken her body might die
But to doctrines like mine she'd never Civ in,
An the twins raised wild dins
On drums made OF nail-kegs head-ended with
tin.
There's nothing that tares one so all into strings
AS bein' at outs with the one We adore;
WY walked in my sleep an said awful things,
An slept in my boots an got yeller an pore,
An my head got like lead
An each hair in it pulled an my liver got sore.
Then made up my mind surely must die
If soon with the wilder didn't get straight;
But time to my help brought the Fourth OF July,
An focused US in from our scatterized state,
Though thought it had brought
The last straw to lay on my camel-backed
fate.
Well, it come awful hot, as Fourths mostly do,
With ''1emo" an sweat, white dresses, an,
dust;
TO the aged vast an uncomfortable stew,
The world to the young on its annual bust.
AS for me, / am free
TO declare I'd thought it thing to be kussed!
The twins turned out early, an land OF the
brave!
Before half an hour I seemed goin' insane.
An plugged up my hearing my reason to save;
But things KEEP affirm inside of my brain,
An my hair pulled like care
An earth seemed tippin an twstin' in pain
Jes then big swarm of my bees they took flight,
An snatched up q pan an rushed through
the door,
An yelled lilz a Mohawk to make 'em alight
An run lookin' uppards, an made the pan
roar,
An, though I didn't know,
The widder's swarmed, too, an outside she
jes tore.
She'd biler 'pon which she smote with club
An each twin flung gravel an yelled like a
clown,
An, though didn't see, she fell over tub
An then in {. bucket of soapsuds slid down,
While caught all unsought
My chin on clothes-line an hung like q
houn.
But drapped in trice an got up an run
An yelled an slung dirt like plum loonatex,
When all OF student things generally spun
AS I banged into somethin that splintered
my specks,
For We see her an me
Run into one nuther jes fit to break necksi
My arms went around her, my nose in 'er ear,
An down in the biler suddenly sat,
With her in my lap jes as if in cheer,
With my pan damned onto her head like a
hat.
1t was rich, an all SIGH,
But ruther cramped quarters to lovingly chat
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01

I'll remit the bill Of sale and give you ESQ. II
you accept. bill of sale RENTED by return OF
post. Wire reply. Yours respectfully.
MICAH ZERUBBABEI''
Perhaps you throw in the little picture,
Sour Grapes go Is a lot Of money. M. u
I'm afraid he has made mistake.
He meant to buy Chloe, said Mrs.
Megilp, uneasily.
Nonsense, my dearp' retorted her
husband. s.Here he makes me an offer
in black and white for Margaret Mend
ing her Stockings He ought to know
what he wants. shall wire accept
ance at once. and Wen burn the bill of
sale tomorrow morning"
By the next mornings post came the
bill Of sale and Mr.. Zerubbabel's check
for ESQ. Mrs. Megilp consigned the
former in solemn silence to the flames,
and her husband put the latter into his
pocket AS he did so, he pulled out
the letter Mary Anne had given him
the evening before, and which in the
excitement of the moment he had COM
pletely forgotten.
It was from Mr. Abiram Levi, Offering
him f400 for ''Chloe Counting her
Chickens.
1T never rains but it pours, :"
cried the delighted artist, tossing the
picture-dealer' note across to his wife.
The next merry meeting, after the
opening of the Academy, between Ze-
rubbabel and Levi was enlivened by
angry determinations. Mr.. Zerubbabel
accused Mr.. Levi of wilfully misleading
him, and the latter replied, chuckling:
$50 | was right, was I? 1t was you
who tried, and, in fact, partially sue
ceeded, in spelling my market with
Megilp. / would advise you the next
time you make use of friends brains
to be sure that you know what you're
about. "-London Truth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01
Preparing Olive Oil.

The olives are placed between two
mill-stones and ground into a PASTE.
stones and all. This paste is put in
jute bags, which are piled up in an
ordinary press and subjected to pres
sure furnished by screw. The oil
oozes through the bags, and is caught
in pans or vessels, and then bottled.
The most remarkable feature of the
process is that some four or hve differ
ent qualities are obtained from one lot
of olives. This is explained by the fact
that the oil oozing out at first is the re-
suit only of slight pressure, conSe-
quently is sweeter and lacks the
ranker flavor of the second, third and
fourth grades, which partake more or
less of the taste of the olive stones.
The last grade is frequently so rank
that it can not be used for eating pur-
poses, but instead is used as the basic
matter in the manufacture of soap, etc.
The residue or paste left after the oil
has been extracted undergoes chemical
treatment, and the oil obtained from
this is used as lubricant = Weekly
Herald Of lrade.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-01

we had come to city of refuge, a
citadel of hope, but there is nothing
certain in the sublunary world, moth
ing except death and taxes. So ]
shipped my family further on and
pulled off my coat and rolled up my
sleeves and swore that this thing had
gone far enough. In the language of
Patrick Henry l exclaimed: ''Sir, we
must fight! | repeat it, sir, we must
fight! How dare old Tecumseh to
cross that river. Tt is our river and
our land and our State. | repeat it,
gentlemen, we must fightr' and ]
popped my fist in the palm of my
hand. About that time the first big
shells commenced scattering their un-
feeling contents among the suburbs,
and rolled down my sleeves and put
on my coat again. Then came the big
panics; then shrieked the man-eater;
then howled the wild hyena among the
hills of Babylon. All sorts of people
seemed moving in all sorts of ways
with accelerated motion. They gained
on their shadows as they run, and their
legs grew longer at every step. ''How
many miles to Millwright?" said l.
But no response came, for their legs
were as long as light, and every burst
ing shell was an old witch on the road.
Cars were the all in all. Depots were
the center of space. The passenger
depot was thronged with anxious seek
ers for transportation. ''W ont you
let these boxes go as baggage?" mo,
madam, it is impossible. " Just then
q family trunk as big as bureau was
moved in and the poor woman got
desperate. ''All I've got amt as
heavy as that" she said, ''and I'm a
poor widow and my husband was
killed in the army" We took up her
boxes and showed them in in spite of
the baggageman.
Everywhere was hurrying to and
fro at lively tune. whats to-day,
nigger?n said a female darkey with a
hoopskirt on aher arm. .'Taint no day
honey dat eber 1 seed; yistiddy was
Sunday and reckon to-day is Runday
from the way de white folks is movin'
about. Yah! Yah! Amt afeerd of
dem Yankees, amt, but dem sizzin
bumshells kill niger fore you can
lick your tongue out; gwine to git
away frum here, is. !"
l went into adoctor's shop and found
my friend packing up his walls and
medicine. An old skeleton with but
one leg was swinging from the top of
a long box in the corner, looking like
a mournful emblem of the troubled
city.
care you going to leave him TO
stand guard?" said !. 81 suppose /
will" said he, ''for I've got no trans
portation for him.
Take that screw out his skull"
said /. .'and give him a crutch and he'll
travel. All flesh is moving, and think
the bones will catch the contagion
soon.
A few doors further venerable auc-
tioneer was surveying the rushing,
running crowd, and every now and then